kleine nachtmusik

.. .. .. so we are astray.. there's nothing else to do.. in another place.. I see a different you.. .. 'cause we.. we loved and lost again.. I'll never love again.. .. oh, baby now we are apart.. there's nothing we can do.. in a different place.. I see another you.. and in another place.. I see a different you.. .. oh, we loved and we lost.. I'll never love again.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

" When listening to Koops music it's somehow easy to believe that it's played by a small orchestra, but in fact the music is based on samples. Thousands of small clips from records puzzled together into new songs. All the drums, strings, horn sections and choires are actually sampled! This is a very time consuming way to make music (it's one of the reasons it takes such long time to make a koop album), but it's the only way to create the surreal Koop sound. One thing though, that for sure aren't sampled, is the vocals. Many singers has blessed the Koop albums with their talent, and on Koop Islands the singers are : Ane Brun, Yukimi Nagano, Hilde Louise Asbjornsen, Rob Gallagher and Mikael Sundin."

"Also, Magnus and Oscar realised that sometimes the only way forwards is to go as far back in history as possible... - I think we can do that, says Magnus. Our music is created in a post-sampling world where everything is possible. Even time travel. That..s why we just laugh if somone calls what we do retro... So back they went. Back to the swing of the 1930s, the exoticism of forgotten orchestras and entertainers performing on late 40s yacht cruises to Jamaica. The characteristic Koop vibes now joined by marimbas, furious gene krupaesque jungle drums (just listen to them rip on Forces… Darling) and an ever present Cape Verdean Blues with just a hint of Mento that would have made islanders in european exile, like the recently salvaged Lord Kitchener & His Friends, nod in approval..."

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